Updated: July 27, 2020 (September 9, 2019)

Power BI Service Management Updates

Andrew analyzes and writes about Microsoft's data management, business intelligence, and machine learning solutions, as well as aspects of licensing... more

Power BI has introduced new data, reporting, and integration features that can place a strain on capacity.
Emerging management tools can help improve security, but optimizing performance still requires in-house or third-party solutions.

Power BI is a set of Microsoft business intelligence (BI) technologies that includes several tightly integrated software and Microsoft-hosted components. (Components are discussed in “Power BI Components Overview”.) To help administrators manage more complex environments and multiple types of workloads, Power BI now offers a mix of metrics and access to low-level information to help monitor and improve performance. Enhancements also address security and access to on-premises data.

Power BI back end hosting options include five online services and one on-premises server product. (A full analysis and comparison of Power BI back end hosting options appears in “Choosing a Power BI Platform” on page 34 of the May 2019 Update.)

This report focuses on the two online services most large organizations consider: Power BI Pro and Power BI Premium.

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